The reason for the total loss incurred so far by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) was owing to stupid decisions taken by the politicians, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) chairman Janaka Rathnayaka said.

No payments have been made for nearly four months to the suppliers involved in providing lunch to school children, the Ceylon Teachers’ Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin alleged today.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said it would be happy to allow the National Sports Selection Committee (NSSC) of the Ministry of Sports to appoint the next cricket selection committee, if the NSSC would also take responsibility for the failures and successe

It was revealed at the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) that the Revenue Administration Management Information System (RAMIS), which is established for tax revenue collection in the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) at a cost of Rs. 10 billion was n

The University Teachers’ Association (UTA) today declared a ’’black week protest’’ against the government’s move to heap a burden on people by imposing an arbitrary tax policy, UTA Secretary and Senior Lecturer of Sri Jayewardenapura Univ

The Kurunegala Municipal Council has spent a colossal amount of Rs. 60 million to remove a stone at a construction site where a building was being constructed for a Maternity and Child Clinic whereas the approved cost was Rs. 9.3 million, an audit re

The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Dr. Shafi Shihabdeen, who was at the centre of the controversy surrounding the alleged sterilisation of female patients was today fixed for support by Supreme Court.

Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.

Government spokesman, Minister Bandula Gunawardana said yesterday that the IMF has instructed the Sri Lankan government to tax all those who draw a salary or a monthly income of over Rs. 45,000 but this proposal has not been accepted by the governmen

China has donated a consignment of 1.55 million syringes of the Recombinant Human Erythropoietin Injection (Epiao) to Sri Lankan Hospitals, the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Selectors have decided to play 14 players including Kusal Janith Perera and Dushmantha Chameera as and when needed during the upcoming games against the England Lions Team, as part of their preparation for the Sri Lanka Tour of

A Chief Inspector of the Kebithigollewa Police had been admitted to Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital following an alleged assault by an SSP, Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said.

A discussion was held this morning about providing adequate preliminary training in Arabic culture and language for skilled and unskilled Sri Lankan workers who are leaving for gulf countries for jobs.

Eight-year-old Devanshi Sanghvi, the daughter of a wealthy Indian diamond merchant renounced the world and became a nun, the BBC reported.

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held yesterday decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at their current levels of 14.50 per ce

Any government which was detached from people’s true aspirations cannot bring in economic recovery through measures such as imposing taxes, National People Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

The National Selection Committee (NSC) of the Ministry of Sports has rejected all ten names proposed by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for its new national cricket selection committee, it was reported ye

Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera is all set to play in the Legends League Cricket (LLC) tournament in Qatar, it is learnt.

An extraordinary gazette notice has been issued informing that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to confer the title Sri Lankabhimanya, Sri Lanka’s highest national award on former Speaker Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya.

A. H. M. Fowzie has been appointed as a Member of Parliament from Colombo to fill the vacancy created by M. M. Rahuman who resigned from Parliament to contest for the Mayor of Colombo.

An Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of a private bank in Gampola on the Gampola-Kandy main road has been robbed by some robber gang last night.

There could be thundershowers in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night, the Meteorology Department said.

If the country’s burning issues can be resolved through local government elections, Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara urged the responsible authorities to declare them publicly.

As businesses across diverse sectors are still hoping for some relief by way of debt moratoria, the Central Bank yesterday indicated that it does not encourage the continuity of such packages as that could take a heavy toll on the banking sector.

Overnight liquidity in the interbank market narrowed its deficit significantly and at times turned positive after the Central Bank announced limits on access to its standing facility windows from the middle of this month.

By the time children reach the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, they become sick of their education, Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said.

Kanchana Wijesekera, the Power and Energy Minister, announced today that 10 of the 33 coal cargo shipments required for the Norochcholai Coal Power Plant (NCPP) have already been unloaded.

There was a conspiracy hatched to evict former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, where even some of the ministers at that time, got involved, SLPP General Secretary Sagara Kariyawasam said today.

Two persons including a three months old infant were killed and four women were injured in a head-on collision involving a bus and a van at Valachchenai on the Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa road this afternoon.

The Meteorology Department warned of thundershowers accompanied by severe lightning at several places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts during the afternoon or night.